I've been looking for something like the old app making 3D wallpapers from GCam lens blur photos, but found nothing. This is not the same, but it is quite good nonetheless.

Okay, so I never thought I would truly see someone abuse their phone like this. I thought it was a crazy accusation that people made to defend the durability of their favorite phone. However, my coworker has a Galaxy S21 ultra and it looks like a car ran over it. I know he has the dropsies with it but yesterday at lunch time he had a slice of pizza that was in a paper bag. He sat down, put his phone on the bag. He realized it was in the way of getting to his slice, and he just flicks his phone face first onto the concrete like it was normal and sat back to eat his pizza leaving the phone on the ground. I know this isn't technical stuff about rooting and custom roms but I wanted to vent. Lol.

Android 15 QPR1 automatically stops screen sharing when the device is locked. In previous versions, apps could keep seeing the screen.

After a lot of discussion i think I'll totally shift to Chromium based Browsers (on android side not desktop) I was using both gecko and chromium Browsers on my phone. So I need some suggestion to choose a chromium Browser . It should be open source and privacy respecting. Any recommendations ??

LibreWolf is a great privacy oriented Browser for desktop. But there is no version for android or IOS . There are some like mull but they have their own problems. Mobile phones stay with us most of the day. So we need extra privacy for it.

Google is updating Android’s Do Not Disturb mode in Android 16 to make it much more customizable, calling it Priority Modes.

Some Android users report seeing a new video player UI in the YouTube app. Many feel this new UI is too dense and cluttered.

But the company is “reducing elements on the ads player.”

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/20706955

I use Firefox on Android 11 and Windows 11.

What's the best way to bypass short links and sites that make us await a certain period of time (say, 10 seconds) before proceeding? Is it Violentmonkey + Bypass all shortlinks – debloated?

Google Photos could soon show image metadata which would tell you whether an image has been edited with AI or generated with AI. Read on!

We managed to find and activate new Extensions for Gemini, including WhatsApp, Google Messages, and Spotify.

Hurricane Milton is making headlines as one of the most powerful hurricanes at sea before it hits land. If you own a Pixel 9, you’ll want to make sure you know how to use Pixel Satellite SOS, just in case it becomes a necessity.

Google is working on a redesigned keyboard shortcut menu in Android 15 QPR1 that's easier to use on tablets.

The Home Controls screensaver coming with Android 15 now shows the temperature and current weather condition...

You won't have to stop recording or casting to change what app you're sharing thanks to a new task switcher feature for partial screen shares.

Android has had an autofill feature for password managers for years now, but it's broken and needs to be fixed.

Over the weekend, Google removed Kaspersky's Android security apps from the Google Play store and disabled the Russian company's developer accounts.

Users have been reporting over the last week that Kaspersky's products (including Kaspersky Endpoint Security and VPN & Antivirus by Kaspersky) are no longer available on Google Play in the United States and other world regions.

Kaspersky confirmed the issue on the company's official forums on Sunday and said that it's currently investigating why its software is no longer available on Google's app store.

Source: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/google-removes-kasperskys-antivirus-software-from-play-store-disables-developer-accounts/

If I set an alarm for two hours from now, it will go off. I've tested this a few times.

But my morning alarms, at 6:07 and 6:13 am, just don't go off. I've been testing this for like a week now and I cant figure it out. Later in the day, maybe 3 or 4 hours later, the phone will alert me that I missed the alarm, even when my body clock wakes me up before the alarm and I lay awake watching my phone tick past the alarm time without it ever twitching or doing anything.

So far, I've tried:

• Deleting all alarms and recreating them
• Clearing the app cache and data, then rebooting
• Removing Duraspeed system app which I suspected of causing problems
• Toggling every setting and widget related to alarms and DND I can find

Here's my alarm setup:

Clock app settings:

Android sound settings:

Now, I suspected it was some battery thing killing the app, or DND preventing it from going off, but these settings all look correct to me:

And just now, its warned me about the missed alarm that I laid awake watching not go off:

Any ideas about what else to investigate, or what else to do? Should I just download and rely on a different alarm app or something?

The Files by Google app has a new "Receive" floating action button that acts as a shortcut for Quick Share file sharing.

Google might put an AI button on the lock screen. It's not clear what it'll do, but it could be related to its Gemini AI.

Google is preparing to upgrade the taskbar to show the two most recently used apps in a future version of Android.